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Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Growing on a dirt roadside at the edge of a dense mixed forest. Note the purple and white &quot;pinstripes&quot; on the corolla which are one of the identifying features of this species.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84990/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html" title="Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/84990_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=X8EMHjEWuHV96R36Gocbd04q6Ic%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Growing on a dirt roadside at the edge of a dense mixed forest. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84989/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84988/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html Fall,Geotagged,Great Blue Lobelia,Lobelia siphilitica,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84988/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html" title="Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/84988_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=OmvEE7PDOCVvm1QQWemKtUMx2%2FE%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Growing on a dirt roadside at the edge of a dense mixed forest. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84990/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84989/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html Fall,Geotagged,Great Blue Lobelia,Lobelia siphilitica,United States" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Great Blue Lobelia,Lobelia siphilitica,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)

Growing on a dirt roadside at the edge of a dense mixed forest. Note the purple and white "pinstripes" on the corolla which are one of the identifying features of this species.

Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Growing on a dirt roadside at the edge of a dense mixed forest. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84989/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84988/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html Fall,Geotagged,Great Blue Lobelia,Lobelia siphilitica,United States

Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) Growing on a dirt roadside at the edge of a dense mixed forest. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84990/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84989/great_blue_lobelia_lobelia_siphilitica.html Fall,Geotagged,Great Blue Lobelia,Lobelia siphilitica,United States

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The Great Blue Lobelia

The Great Blue Lobelia is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. Growing up to three feet tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer.

It blooms from August to October. It is a short lived perennial .

Although self-compatible, a flower is unable to offer pollen to itself and it must be pollinated by insects.. more

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Similar species: Asterales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Sep 27, 2019. Captured Sep 26, 2019 09:06 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/18.0
  • 1/12s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.